A Boulder bicyclist was struck and killed by a dump truck on Lefthand Canyon Drive on Friday, officials said.

The Boulder County Coroner's Office identified the victim as Eugene Philip Howrey, 73.

The accident occurred at Lefthand Canyon Drive and Olde Stage Road just after noon.

A woman consoles the man driving the truck involved in a fatal accident with a bicyclist on Friday at the intersection of Olde Stage Road and Lefthand Canyon Drive. The names of the two people were not given. (Jeremy Papasso)

A dump truck hauling a trailer with a small excavator hit the cyclist -- who was coming down Lefthand Canyon -- when the driver turned left onto Olde Stage, said Colorado State Patrol Trooper Heather Cobler.

Lefthand Canyon Drive was closed for several hours after the accident.

Asked whether the driver will be ticketed, Cobler said the incident remains under investigation.

The Coroner's Office has not ruled on the cause of death.

An investigator from the Colorado State Patrol looks for evidence under a dump truck that was involved in a fatal accident with a bicyclist on Friday. (Jeremy Papasso)

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